As the end of the year approaches, my posting schedule will be less predictable, and may at some point stop till 2007.

As before, I have put up a holiday wish list (it will be seen in the right column during the holidays). If you've enjoyed this blog, consider a small gift to help stock my library. My selection this year is a mix bag of interesting reads.

Frequent readers may have noticed I jumped the gun on Christmas and put my wish list in the right column. If you feel charitable this holiday season, please help me build my library of books. (This lucky woman received a gift of 1,082 books; I wished only eight!) In any case, do browse the list because these are important books for all serious data sleuths.